exactly as stated; verbatim
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
for use by children; for children
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to assemble; to set up; to construct
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)